Morse Code and the Phonetic Alphabets

I couldn't find the Morse code anywhere on the net so I thought I would type
it in along with some of the World's phonetic alphabets.

This table will only work with newer browsers, if it looks a mess then please
use the old original table.

Brian Kelk of Cambridge has compiled a far larger collection of phonetic
alphabets, there is a
full version
and a
brief version.

The alphabet that the British emergency services use is the NATO one.

If you want to translate quickly to or from Morse code use the
Morse Code Translator (now with sound!).
As far as computerised Morse Code training goes you could have a look at the
Morse Code Resources page.

Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets

Letter

Morse

English

American (ex military)

International

International (ex aero?)

NATO & international aviation

American (police)

Italian

German

A

.-

Andrew

Abel

Amsterdam

Alfa

Alfa

Adam

Ancona

Anton

Ä

.-.-

Ärger

Á

.--.-

Å

.--.-

B

-...

Benjamin

Baker

Baltimore

Bravo

Bravo

Boy

Bologna

Berta

C

-.-.

Charlie

Charlie

Casablanca

Coca

Charlie

Charlie

Como

Cäsar

Ch

----

Charlotte

D

-..

David

Dog

Denmark

Delta

Delta

David

Domodossola

Dora

E

.

Edward

Easy

Edison

Echo

Echo

Edward

Empoli

Emil

É

..-..

F

..-.

Frederick

Fox

Florida

Foxtrot

Foxtrot

Frank

Firenze

Friedrich

G

--.

George

George

Gallipoli

Golf

Golf

George

Genova

Gustav

H

....

Harry

How

Havana

Hotel

Hotel

Henry

Hotel

Heinrich

I

..

Isaac

Item

Italy

India

India

Ida

Imola

Ida

J

.---

Jack

Jig

Jerusalem

Juliet

Juliet

John

I lunga

Julius

K

-.-

King

King

Kilogram

Kilo

Kilo

King

Kursaal

Kaufmann

L

.-..

Lucy

Love

Liverpool

Lima

Lima

Lincoln

Livorno

Ludwig

M

--

Mary

Mike

Madagascar

Metro

Mike

Mary

Milano

Martha

N

-.

Nelli

Nan

New York

Nectar

November

Nora

Napoli

Nordpol

Ñ

--.--

O

---

Oliver

Oboe

Oslo

Oscar

Oscar

Ocean

Otranto

Otto

Ö

---.

Ökkonom

P

.--.

Peter

Peter

Paris

Papa

Papa

Paul

Padova

Paula

Q

--.-

Queenie

Queen

Quebec

Quebec

Quebec

Queen

Quarto

Quelle

R

.-.

Robert

Roger

Roma

Romeo

Romeo

Robert

Roma

Richard

S

...

Sugar

Sugar

Santiago

Siera

Sierra

Sam

Savona

Samuel

Sch

Schule

T

-

Tommy

Tare

Tripoli

Tango

Tango

Tom

Torino

Theodor

U

..-

Uncle

Uncle

Uppsala

Union

Uniform

Union

Udine

Ulrich

Ü

..--

Übermut

V

...-

Victor

Victor

Valencia

Victor

Victor

Victor

Venezia

Viktor

W

.--

William

William

Washington

Whisky

Whisky

William

Washington

Wilhelm

X

-..-

Xmas

X (eks)

Xanthippe

Extra

X-ray

X-ray

Ics

Xanthippe

Y

-.--

Yellow

Yoke

Yokohama

Yankee

Yankee

Young

York

Ypsilon

Z

--..

Zebra

Zebra

Zürich

Zulu

Zulu

Zebra

Zara

Zeppelin

In the Morse Code there also exist codes for numbers and punctuation:

Numbers and Punctuation

Number

Code

Punctuation

Code

1

.----

Full-stop (period)

.-.-.-

2

..---

Comma

--..--

3

...--

Colon

---...

4

....-

Question mark (query)

..--..

5

.....

Apostrophe

.----.

6

-....

Hyphen

-....-

7

--...

Fraction bar

-..-.

8

---..

Brackets (parentheses)

-.--.-

9

----.

Quotation marks

.-..-.

0

-----

If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three
units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between
characters is three units and between words seven units.
To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver
to delete the last word send ........ (eight dots).

My thanks go to Peter Gruenberg, Lisa Dawson and Gary Rzeznik for helping me
with the phonetic alphabets and to Nick Wayth for help with the Morse code and
to Drew Terenzini for help with the table.
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Last updated 14/2/1997